Lubricating device for railway vehicle axles



Feb. 17. 1925. 1,527,058 E. MOONEY LUBRICATING DEVICE FOR RAILWAYVEHICLE AXLES Filed Dec. 28, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Fig.1.

Feb. 17. 1925- 1,527,058

E.MOONEY LUBRICATING DEVICE FOR RAILWAY VEHICLE AXLES Filed Dec. 28,1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 EL E.

i have invented oertainnew and usefu PatentedFeb. 17, 1925.

UNITED STATES ERNEST 110cm,

or YORK, ENGLAND.

LUBRICATING DEVICE FOR RAILWAY VEHICLE AXLES.

- Application filed December To all whom it may concern:

Beit ,known that I, ERNEST MooNEY, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at-York, in the county of York, En land,

Improvements in Lubricatin Devices for Railway Vehicle Axles, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to that kind of railway axle lubricating devicein which an absorbent pad connected to or formed integral with capillaryfeeders dipping into the oil in the axle-box is supported incontact withthe journal bymeans of a spring frame or carrier constructed offlexible'strip metal;

In employin this known lubricating device, considera le trouble hashitherto been experienced in effecting its removal from the axle-boxeven in the case where handle portions have been provided; and theobject of this present invention is to provide the lubricating devicewith improved means by which its removal from the axle-box is ren- 26dered capable of being'easily and speedily performed.

According to my invention, the sprin frame of the lubricating device isprovide on the forwardl projecting ends of its straight longitu al sidemembers with bearin in which is fulcrumed a doubleended ever .havin itsinner arm pivoted to the forward end 0 the cradle of said spring frameand itsfouter arm left cc to act as,

as, 192;. Serial No. esama shown in the accompanying drawings;

tional plan view'of Fig. 1 but with the axle and a portion of theabsorbent pad omitted 'for the sake of clearnessr Fig. '3 is a similarview to Fig. 1 but showing the lubricating device when being removedbythe fitment, and Fig. 4: a sectional plan view of Fig. 3 but with thesame portions omitted as in Fi 2. '7

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the axlebox fitted with a hinged lid 2,while 3 is the axle and 4 the journal turning in bearings (not shown) inthe axle-box 1. The

own lubricating device consists of an absorbent pad 5 formed integralwith capil lary feeders 6 dipping into the oil in the axle-box 1 andbein supported in contact with the journal 4; iy means of a spring framecomprising a cradle 7, a transverse bearer strip 8 central to the cradle7, a central longitudinal base member. 9 attached to straightlongitudinal side members 10 by transverse strips 11, and doubleelliptical longitudinal slde members 12 attached to the lon itu-dinalside members 10 and to the ends of the transverse bearer strip 8.

According to m invention, the forwardly projecting ends 0 the straightlongitudinal side members 10 of the spring frame are a manipulatinghandle; the a; ngement beeggi formed with looped bearin 13 in which ising suchthat by rockm lever the forward end 0 the absorbent pad is'lowered clear of the enlarged end of the journal and by subsequentlypulling the said 40 double-ended lever the lubricatingdevice as a wholeis removed from theaxle-box in an eas the pull so imparted beingdistributed between the top and bottom connections of the spring frame.I I

' The double-ended lever, preferably of compound bell-crankformation,constitutes a permanent fitment to the spring frame of the lubricatingdevice, and thus the said to lever may also be utilized in facilitatingthe placing of the lubricating device into the operat ve position withinthe axle-box.

The invention will now be described with reference jto exampleofconstruction uble-ended and speedy manner by reason of fulcrumed acompound be l-crank lever 14 having its inner arm passed into pivotalengagement with lu s 15 fixed to the forward on of the cradle while itsouterarm is left free manipulating handle.

Assuming the lubricatin devlce to be m the operative position as s ownat Fi 1.

and 2, the compound bell-crank lever 4is rockedinwards on its fulcrum 13until it assumes the position shown at Figs. 3 and 4;,

of the said spring frame. to act as a whereby the forward end of theabsorbent pad'5 is lowered clear'of the enlarged end 4? j of the journal4 prior to the lubricating deviceas a whole being pulled forward by aforward pull imparted to the bell-crank lever 14- as shown at Fi 3a'nd4, while a continued pull on said ever14 ensures the easy and speedyremoval of thelubricating device as va whole from the axle-box 1 byreason of the pull so imparted being distributed between the top andbottom connections 15, 13 of the spring frame.

The compound bell-crank lever 14 constitutes 'a permanent fitment to thespring frame of the lubricating device, and thus the said lever 14 mayalso be utilized in facilitating the placing of the lubricating deviceinto the operative position within the axle-box 1.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patentis 1. In a railway axle lubricating device of the kind specified, thecombination with a spring frame having straight longitudinal sidemembers, an absorbent pad and capillary feeders, and a cradle therefor,of a double ended lever fulcrumed on the for-' \vardly projecting endsof the straight longitudinal side members of the said spring frame andhaving its inner arm pivoted to the forward end of the said cradle, withits outer arm free to act as a manipulating handle.

2. In a railway lubricating device of the kind specified, thecombination with a spring frame having straight longitudinal sidemembers, an absorbent pad and capillary feeders, and a cradle therefor,of bearings provided on the forwardly projecting ends of the saidstraight longitudinal side members of the sprin frame, and a doubleended lever fulcrume in said bearin and having its inner arm pivotallyattac ed to the forward end of the said cradle, with its outer arm freeto act as a manipulating handle.

3. In a railway lubricating device of the kind specified, thecombination with a spring frame having straight longitudinal sidemembers, an absorbent pad and capillary feeders, and a cradle havinglugs fixed on the forward end thereof, of looped bearings provided onthe forward ends of the straight longitudinal. side members of the saidspring frame, and a double ended compound bell crank lever fulcrumed inthe said looped bearings and having its inner arm passed into pivotal enagement with the said lugs on the forward end of the cradle, while itsouter arm is free to act as a manipulating handle.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twdwitnesses.

ERNEST MOONEY.

Witnesses:

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